Winter can be both a welcomed reprieve from gardening chores, or a season of dread for the home gardener. If you are the latter, have hope as you can actually grow lettuce in winter and keep your garden growing a little longer. You may have heard of using hydroponics and artificial lights to grow vegetables, […]
A Simple Way to Grow Lettuce in Winter
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10 Affordable and Fun Organic Gardener Gifts
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It’s the dead of winter and nobody is thinking about gardening. Wrong! If you have an friend who is a gardener on your wish list, I can guarantee they are thinking about their garden-year round. They might still be harvesting lettuce in a cold frame, flipping through garden seed catalogs or reading up on gardening […]
5 Reasons You Should Plant Hardneck Garlic Bulbs in the Fall
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Most people know garlic as garlic. It was the same for me, until I discovered there are two types of garlic, softneck garlic and hardneck garlic. Now, planting hardneck garlic in my home garden is one of my favorite fall activities. I prefer planting hardneck garlic for several reasons, one being this variety offers an […]
Organic Lawn Care 3 Reasons to Practice
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Dreaming of spring may be the only thing that carries me through the winter. Each year, I receive a notice from Good Nature Organic Lawn Care asking if I would like an early bird discount on services for the year. Of course! I like a good deal, so early pay is a no brainer for […]
How to Select Plants for Your Beginner Herb Garden
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One of my favorite parts of gardening is having an herb garden. In my experience, herbs are easy to grow, require little care and many are perennials that come back year after year. There are literally hundreds of varieties of herbs, and because of this, it can be a little overwhelming knowing where to start when planning […]
Cleveland Home and Garden Show Information
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Over the weekend I attended The Great Big Cleveland Home and Garden Show for the first time. I almost went last year as a Master Gardener Volunteer and would have this year, but our organization did not participate in 2017. The husband actually suggested we go for family time, and I’m really glad we did. […]
Apple Harvest Tips for the Home Gardener
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Overall my garden has been lackluster this year. I believe you get out of the garden what you put in and I just have not had the time or energy to put much in this year. However, I’m happy to report a great first apple harvest this year! Apple Harvest At our recent neighborhood block party […]